Surname Overview
Ang is a rare surname in current use, pronounced áng; it is found among Han, Yi, and Tibetan people.
Ang Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 25,663Ang / Ang
Origins
Multiple Origins
The Ang surname has origins associated with the Ji and Zi surnames, as well as Mongolian, Yi, and Dangxiang groups.
Historical Records
Documentary Records
The Ang surname is recorded in the Clan Studies sections of the Zheng Tongzhi, Xu Tongzhi, and Qing Tongzhi, with related records in works including the Xing shi kao lue and Yunnan Tongzhi.
Migration and Distribution
The Mongolian Ang lineage is recorded as having moved from Liaodong to Angji Village in present-day Feidong, Anhui, in the late Yuan and early Ming, with branches later moving toward Zhegao in Chaohu. The Yi lineage is recorded as moving from Guizhou to Haiyi Village in Guishan, Shilin, Yunnan, in 1642, later spreading through Lunan and Mile.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Ang Pude was a hereditary local official of Mile Prefecture in Yunnan during the Ming dynasty. Ang Shaoshan passed the imperial examination in the sixth year of the Kangxi era, and his son Ang Tianzeng also passed it in the twenty-fourth year of that era.
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